The Jockey of Artemision is a large Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150-140 BC. It is a rare surviving original bronze statue from Ancient Greece and a rare example in Greek sculpture of a racehorse. Most ancient bronzes were melted down for their raw materials some time after creation, but this one was saved from destruction when it was lost in a shipwreck in antiquity, before being discovered in the twentieth century. It may have been dedicated to the gods by a wealthy person to honour victories in horse races, probably in the single-horse race (Greek: κέλης). The artist is unknown.
(Sursă: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_of_Artemision)
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